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You are put in the shoes of former Marine pilot Robert Jacobs, a man the occupying power is very interested in employing, forcefully if necessary. Fortunately for Jacobs, he is liberated when his prisoner convoy is hit by the [[La Résistance|local resistance chapter]], who needs his piloting skills for a dangerous mission, that, if successful, could help the struggling remnants of the American military retake San Francisco.
The game itself is a [[First-Person Shooter]], similar in gameplay to the ''[[Call of Duty]]: [[Modern Warfare]]'' series. Like the ''[[Call of Duty]]'' series, the single-player campaign makes heavy use of scripting, and most levels involve the player following and taking orders from a small squad of fellow resistance fighters. The multiplayer is notable for featuring dedicated servers, with gameplay similar to the studio's previous release, ''[[Frontlines: Fuel of War]]''.
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** Another anachronistic one is the aforementioned White Castle appearing in the opening cutscene, which there isn't even a White Castle ''in the entire state of Colorado''. Maybe both Randy's and White Castle become franchise operations by 2025.
* [[Car Fu]]: In Multiplayer, vehicles can be used this way, including unique kill icons for kills done this way. The game even keep a counter on the roadkills you made for each vehicles.
* [[Channel Hop]]: Now that [[Creator Killer|Kaos has closed]], the sequel is being developed by [[Crysis (
* [[The Chick]]: Rianna. She may be able to kick ass like everyone else but she has her heart on her sleeve more than the others.
* [[Companion Cube]]: A minor example; Hopper seems unusually fond of the remote-operated Goliath, and he's pretty crestfallen when Conner uses it as a rolling bomb after it's damaged beyond repair, even treating its destruction as a kind of [[Heroic Sacrifice]].
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* [[Master of Unlocking]]: There are ''a few'' doors you can open yourself, but most doors, along with file cabinets, refrigerators, and other such barricades will forever hold you back until your NPC allies can move them out of the way.
* [[Mercy Kill]]: One level has the Resistance shelling Korean troops with white phosphorus shells. You can kill them to put them out of their misery, or [[Video Game Cruelty Potential|let the bastards cook]] Both choices give you an achievement.
* [[A Nazi
* [[No Campaign for
* [[No Endor Holocaust]]: Based on the opening cinematic, the Koreans' [[EMP]] stops right at the Great Lakes and 49th parallel, sparing Canada its effects. Mexico isn't as lucky.
** Actually, it looks like a fair bit of southern Ontario (ie. [[Toronto]]) gets hit as well, so Canada doesn't get away entirely unscathed either.
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** There are collectables, like the newspapers that explain the backstory, and hidden weapons that are better than the typical guns found. However, you probably won't find most of 'em as your allies keep telling you to [[Continue Your Mission, Dammit!]], causing you to miss most of these unless you deliberately look for them.
* [[North Koreans With Nodongs]]: Rather, a ''unified Korea''.
* [[Not What I Signed
* [[Nuke'Em]]: Probably what the North Koreans did in order to irradiate the ''entire Mississippi river''. Alternately, they may have set up some radioactive materials dump in or near [[wikipedia:Lake Itasca|Lake Itasca]].
* [[Oh Crap]]:
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** A team of Navy SEALS infiltrate [[The Rock|Alcatraz]] and they succeed in capturing it. They use green smoke grenades to signal their victory.
** Near the start, the driver of the prisoner bus says that he is taking the prisoners to facility [[Star Wars|1138]].
** One of the labor camp inmates says: "[[Deus Ex
** [[Call of Duty: Black Ops
** The game also features the quote: "Hail to the king, baby." and several other [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] later in the game.
** May or may not be intentional, as he only shows up for the {{spoiler|first part of the golden gate assault}}, but there's a [[Modern Warfare|(presumably) Mexican-American soldier named Hernandez, who is responsible for doing every necessary action]] the player character does not. The squad leader even says "Hernandez, do/open/etc X" with similar voice inflection to Foley.
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* [[Voice of the Resistance]]: There is the "Voice of Freedom" network for starters.
* [[War Is Hell]]: The war in the game, although necessary, is ugly, brutal, and inhumane.
* [[We Come in Peace, Shoot
* [[What Could Have Been]]: [http://kotaku.com/#!5732623/china-is-both-too-scary-and-not-scary-enough-to-be--game-villains According to this article], the developer team were originally going to have the Chinese as the bad guys. However, due to America's [[Friendly Enemy]] relationship with China, American and Chinese economic dependency on each other, and fears of pissing off China's [[Culture Police]], the team scrapped that idea and had North Koreans as the bad guys instead.
** A a news site has noted, you'll sell more video games to the Chinese if you do not present them as genocidal invaders, while the North Koreans are unlikely to buy video games period.
* [[What Happened to
** Considering the note the game ends on (not at all finalizing), it's possible the devs intend for Jeong to show up again in later games. So this may end up being averted.
* [[What Have I Done]]: Hopper after {{spoiler|The mortar misfired and landed on the resistance position instead.}}
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